Health-Care Providers

	Number
Total MDs (1999)	729
MDs with Office-Based Practice (1999)	598
MDs with Hospital-Based Practice (1999)	131
MDs with Primary-Care Specialty (1999)	228
MDs with Ob-Gyn Specialty (1999)	34
MDs with CVD Specialty (1999)	27
DOs with Family-Practice Specialty (1998)	51
Registered Nurses (1990)	3,921
Registered Dieticians (1990)	150

Short-Term General Hospital Resources and Utilization

	Number
Hospitals (1999)	12
Hospitals with a cardiac intensive care unit (1999)	3
Hospitals that conduct angioplasty (1999)	3
Hospitals with a cardiac catheterization lab (1999)	4
Hospitals with an emergency department (1999)	11
Hospitals that conduct open-heart surgery (1999)	3
Hospitals with a community outreach program (1999)	7
Hospitals that participate in health fairs (1999)	11
Hospitals with a health-information center (1999)	7
Hospitals that conduct health screenings (1999)	11
Hospitals with nutrition programs (1999)	8
Hospitals with a patient-education center (1999)	8
Total admissions (1999)	60,341
Total beds (1999)	1,410
Cardiac intensive care unit beds (1999)	24
Inpatient days (1999)	343,763
Outpatient visits (1999)	1525020
Emergency Department visits (1999)	173,911

HMOs and HMO Membership

	Number	Membership
Total HMOs (1998)	19	146,857
Traditional HMOs (1998)	0	0
IPA HMOs (1998)	7	138,037
Other HMOs (1998)	12	8,820

Demographics

	Number	Percent
Total Population (1999)	413,430	100.0
Nonhispanic Whites (1999)	402,787	97.4
Hispanic Whites (1999)	2,425	0.6
Blacks (1999)	6,356	1.5
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleuts (1999)	362	0.1
Asian/Pacific Islanders (1999)	1,500	0.4
Total Hispanics (1999)	2,638	0.6

Income, Education and Employment

Avg per capita income (1998)	20,946
Avg median household income (1997)	29,588
Persons in poverty (1997)	53,817
Avg unemployment rate (%), age 16+ (1999)	5
% Persons age 25+ w/<9 yrs education (1990)	12
% Persons age 25+ w/4+ yrs college (1990)	10